Thanks to some great suggestions from Kelly and Paul on my initial Zone calculations post, I revised the numbers to get closer to the 2000 calories a day.
I have 138lbs of lean body mass, so 138/7 = ~ 20 protein zone blocks a day. Following Kelly’s suggestions, I’m keeping carbs at 16 blocks and tripling the fat to 60 blocks a day. In calories this works out to:
(20 * 4kcal * 7g) + (16 * 4kcal * 9g) + (60 * 9kcal * 1.5) = 1946 calories / day.
While this is not exactly as high as I think it should be, it is a good starting point. I’ll try this out for 3 months and see where I am after that. Here is the meal and zone block breakdown per day.
| Meal | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Lunch | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Snack | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Dinner | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Snack | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Juggling things around a bit for Crossfit, which I usually do, 3 times a week at 5:00pm. I have this meal plan:
| Meal | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Lunch | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Snack | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Crossfit | |||
| Snack | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Dinner | 5 | 4 | 15 |
This seems like a very reasonable starting point. Now that I have a foundation on how much and when I need to eat the next task is to figure out what.
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